They show me how to do things I've never done and remind me of how to do things I have done but not often or not recently.

I've got the new roof on my workshop now but I still can't do much in there yet until I've cleaned up and tidied after the flood from the leaky roof - watching your videos showing you actually getting on and doing things makes up for that too.

I have a question: you often mention the benefit of the raising block on your mill - is there a thread and/or video showing how you made and fitted it?

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Best regards,

Pete W.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you haven't seen the latest change-note!

Hello,John.Don't get me wrong,please.I would really like to watch your videos and learn from you.Unfortunately for me,being not a native speaker,your English is more or less a mystery.Don't want to be impolite in any way,but would you mind to speak a little more standard English?Cheers,Ralph

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lordedmond

Hello,John.Don't get me wrong,please.I would really like to watch your videos and learn from you.Unfortunately for me,being not a native speaker,your English is more or less a mystery.Don't want to be impolite in any way,but would you mind to speak a little more standard English?Cheers,Ralph

I have watched a few of DB's videos and can understand most of what He says. What I don't understand is "twastard." Is this His name for His tools, neighbors, or wife? Seems to be a common word so cannot be cussing! I hope He does His machining to relieve stress!

I am most fortunate to have married a wonderful East Anglia Lass from Isleham, Cambs. She had an uncle and a brother-in-law that were Yorkshire men. I enjoyed many a pint or Gill of malt with both, and became very accustom to their accent. It amazed me how well I understood them when we had a snoot full! I have no problem understanding John... All the best, Mate!Chuck

Seriously though windows in the modern sense (fenestration) probably only got to Wales (and much of Great Britain) in Roman times, with a second wave when the Normans built castles everywhere, and it's probably from that Norman connection that the Fenestr of Welsh originated.

Geordie, Welsh, and Gaelic the true British accents all others are born from European and Londoners who had to use French & German to make up their dielect

Oh really?

Window in French - FenetreWindow in Welsh - Fenestr

From what I remember from my school days in Wales, Fenestr ( window, latin fenstra) llyfir (book leber) and arian (silver or money latin argentum) were words that came from the Romans. Llong from the Viking long boats is a ship.

These were taught in Welsh lessons, I have subsequently found that Arian is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erg- (“to shine”) and that unlike what we were taught in school,Perhaps borrowed from French, the Welsh word for window is ffenestr.

So, these are bits of fairly useless partially accurate information that I remember from those endless obligatory Welsh lessons in the 1960's! Google is your friend!